Management for Engineers

by Chris Chapman, Dale Cooper

Provides an introduction to management, making intelligible the structure of organizations, the thinking of managers operating within them, the nature of problems facing them, and the procedures they can adopt to tackle problems. The text uses a quantitative treatment of selected topics, covering a wide range of management areas. Includes essential descriptive material, with sufficient depth to interest engineers and engineering students and provide a sound basis for their development in a management context. Includes end-of-chapter exercises.

676 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

There is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for Chris ^3 Chapman, professor of management science.

Professor Chris Chapman is Emeritus Professor of Management Science within Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton.

Chris Chapman is a consultant and academic focused on opportunity, risk and uncertainty management. He advises organisations how to design, implement and develop processes which increase effectiveness and efficiency. Chris has extensive experience as a consultant with a wide range of organisations, mainly in the UK, Canada and the USA, but also in other European and South American countries.